Wrench-handle.



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WRENCH HANDLE. (Application mea oef. 291901.)

(No Model.)

ITL-:Jazz fr UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. COES, OF l/VORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LORING COES duCOMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OFMASSACHUSETTS.

WRENCH-HANDL SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent N0. 691,243,dated January 14, 1902.

Application filed October 28, 1901. Serial No. 80,182. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Beit known thatI, FRANK L. COEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWrench-Handles, of which the following, together with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification sufficiently full, clear, and exact toenable persons skilled :o in the art to which this invention appertainsto make and use the same. y

My invention relates to the provision in a wrench-handle of projectingside lips or guardflanges formed on the outer angles of the handle-frameapproximately at its mid-length or portion of greatest diameter orwidth, said lips tting upon the opposite edges of the Wood scales orhandle-plates, as more fully hereinafter` explained, the objects beingto zo afford a midway support for the sides of the attached plates andto prevent swelling, splittingor crushing of the wood portion and alsoto render the handle more eflicient, durable, and desirable. Theseobjects I attain by the 2 5 wrench-handle illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Y Figure l is a side view of a wrenchhaving a handle embodying my improvement and shown as with the woodenside plate or scale 3o removed for the better illustration of the parts.Fig. 2 is an edge view of the wrenchhandle. Fig. 3 represents atransverse section at line X X on Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a view of the innerface of one of the wooden side plates,

and Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section of the handle-frame andillustrates a modification in the shape of the edge lips.

Referring to the drawings, A denotes the Wrench-bar, having a flattenedshank A', on

4o which the handle is mounted. The handleframe F comprises the usualcollar F and step f for supporting the j :iw-adjusting screw C andopposite edge filling bars or ribs 3, that extend along the front andrear edges of the bar-shank to the end of the handle and externallyconform to the curvature of the handle-grip outline, the two bars orribs being integrally joined to each other at one or, both sides by aweb 4 transversely across the space occupied by the parallel-edgedbar-shank iu 5o suitable manner, as heretofore employed.

According to my invention I provide upon the edges of the handle-frameF, at aposition about midway or approximately at the point of greatestdiameter, opposite laterally-pro- I jecting oblong lips or guard-flanges5, integrally formed upon both edges of the metal frame or edgefilling-bars 3 at their outer angles, said lips standing out therefromin the manner illustrated and embracing the edges 6o of the Wooden sideplates or scales H, in which latter I form recesses 7, into which saidlips or guards 5 are received and fit when the parts are assembled, asbest shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The length of said standing lips 5 is 65preferably about one-fourth, more or less, of the length of thehandleplate or of such length as desired for various dimensions ofhandles, and the height of the lip is made such as will convenientlycome within the 7o curve of the exterior surface.

The inner face of the handle-plate H is grooved or chambered at 8 t0 litover the bridging-web et and formed with flat surfaces 9 along theborder for seating lrmly upon the 75 sides of the filling-bars 3 of theframe. p

The inner faces of the guard-lips 5 seat against the sides of the woodand closely confine the plates H against transverse displacement,swelling, or splitting of the wood and 8o also against the crushingoutward of the side plates. The outer surfaces of the lips are dressedolf and finished flush and smooth with the exterior' of the handle-frameand handleplates.

The outline shape of the lips 5 is oblong and preferably rounding, asshown in Fig. 2; but, if desired, they can be made square orrectangular, as in Fig. 5, or of desired contour at their edges which itinto the Wood. 9o

The ends of the handle-plates are formed with tenons lO and 1l to fitunder the rims of the collar F' and tip-piece G in Well-known manner,and the usual bolt or rivet I is passed through the parts for securingthe plates flat- 95 wise upon the handle-frame.

The handle-plate is assembled by introducing by the tenon l0 endwisebeneath the rim of the collar, then inserting the recessed part of platefiatwise between the two outstanding integral lips to bring its innersurface to seating position upon the frame, the tip-piece G beingsubsequently passed over to the end of the bar-shank A.

' The standing lips 5 being located at the outer bulge of the handle orat the part that naturally comes in contact with objects in thepromiscuous disposal of the Wrench in use they serve to prevent thechipping off of the thin edges of the Wood at the Wider parts, and thuspreserve the handle in better` condition than might otherwise ensue.

What I, claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The metal Wrench-handle frame, coinprising a collar portion with acircular rim, longitudinal edge fillng-ribs inclosing a barreceivingspace that extends through the handle, and a web or Webs integrallyuniting said ribs along the bar-receiving space, said frame provided atthe position of its greatest diameter, with opposite standing lips orflanges integrally formed upon both edges of the frame and adapted toreceive the handle-plate Hatwise inserted between them; in combination,with the Wrench-bar shank extending through the handle, the attachedhandle-plates having end tenons and edge recesses corresponding withsaid lips, said handle-plate cham- -bered for iiatwise assemblage oversaid uniting-Webs and seating on the frame, a cupped end or tip piecefixed on the bar-shank, and means securing the opposite handle-plates onthe frame, all substantially as set forth.

2. In a wrench handle, the combination with the metal handle-frame,comprising the edge filling-ribs united by side Webs that extendlongitudinally of the handle, and the wood scales or handle-plateschambered at their inner faces and seated upon the sides of said frame;ot' the standing iips or guardiianges integrally formed upon andprojecting from the opposite outer angles at both sides of saidhandle-frame, and embracing the edges of the handle-plates at a positionintermediate to the ends thereof, for the purposes set forth.

Witness my hand this 26th day of October, 1901.

FRANK L. cons.

VVituesses: Y

CHAs. H. BURLEIGH, FREDERICK SEARLE.

